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MDC slams the army's meddling in politics
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
May
10, 2012
The MDC condemns
the careless and treasonous utterances made by Major General Martin
Chedondo urging members of the defence forces to take part in politics
and support Zanu PF, contrary to the laws of Zimbabwe.
Chedondo made
the remarks in Mutoko on Tuesday addressing 3 000 troops from 2
Brigade who are on a training exercise.
His utterances
are against the Global
Political Agreement (GPA) signed by President Morgan Tsvangirai,
Zanu PF's Robert Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara in 2008.
Soldiers and
other security agents are supposed to be apolitical and their duty
is to protect the people of Zimbabwe and the country.
They must be
viewed by the people as partners in development in any democratic
nation.
As a Party,
we have always made our position clear that there is need of security
sector realignment before the next elections. The country needs
a professional security team that is able to guarantee the secrecy
of the vote as well as the security of the vote and the voter in
the next election.
The people of
Zimbabwe need to go into the next election without fear of reprisal
from the State security agents as was witnessed
in 2008. During that period over 500 MDC supporters were killed
while thousands others were maimed; assaulted and displaced by Zanu
PF rogues.
Chedondo joins
other securocrats in supporting Zanu PF when they are not supposed
to be partisan.
Former Brigadier
General, Douglas Nyikayaramba once declared that Mugabe must rule
Zimbabwe forever. The statement, which was an apparent bootlicking
gesture, earned him promotion to Major General ahead of the next
elections.
The MDC calls
on all peace-loving people of Zimbabwe not to be intimidated by
utterances made by Chedondo and to remain focussed until the fight
for real change and democracy in Zimbabwe has been won.
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